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A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

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<p>A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.</p>

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 A look at how we are getting better at managing and conserving water supplies in drier parts of our planet like southern Spain, Israel and the desert city of Las Vegas.

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These four girls have made the fight against environmental damage a personal one. And for good reason – they suffer its consequences on a daily basis. In Senegal, a country badly affected by water shortages, Fatou spends hours each day fetching water, hours when she should be studying. Gagan, the daughter of farmers in Punjab, India, is against agricultural slash-and-burn, which causes serious lung problems. Eleven-year-old Sabyah from Australia points out the link between the coal industry and the slow disappearance of the Great Barrier Reef. Finally, Nina takes a stand against the ravages of plastic waste that overwhelm her country, Indonesia. 

Four girls, three continents, one mission

For these girls the fight against environmental damage is personal – they suffer its consequences every day.

Children of the Climate Crisis

Switzerland is seen as the reservoir of Europe, as four of the continent's largest rivers have their source in the country. But warmer winters, as a result of climate change, mean less meltwater is produced, and unusually warm temperatures in spring are also melting the snow faster. Many mountain farmers have run out of water by June and alpine farms are having to be supplied with water by helicopter.

Climate change hits Switzerland

The effects of climate change are being felt in Switzerland, with mountain farmers running out of water.

Is Europe's reservoir running dry?

Climate change is often viewed as a far-off phenomenon but the effects are already being felt around the world by millions of people. A global overview of the regions on the frontline of the climate catastrophe.

Climate Change Is Happening Now

 A global overview of the regions on the frontline of the climate catastrophe.

Mapping the World

Drought and bark beetles are destroying Europe's forests, and damaged wood is driving down wood prices. Local forest owners are suffering heavy losses, despite the fact that their infested timber is exported thousands of miles away, in China and America. But even as wood bears the brunt of European climate change, it could also be the solution. Building out of wood would store carbon for generations to come. This program;e by German channel BR is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SSR SRG and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Building out of wood would store carbon for generations to come

Will Wood Save the World?

Wool is a natural product. But the production of the fluffy material is often not very ecological and animal-friendly. These wool pioneers are developing new, sustainable processes.

Wool production is often not very ecological and animal-friendly. Enter the wool pioneers...

Re: Textiles Recycling

Matthew had a burnout years ago and fled to Portugal to set up his paradise quinta in Portugal. But that sanctuary is now under threat: permission has been granted for an avocado plantation to be built next door. But avocados use up huge amounts of water, and the stream that the quinta depends on as a primary water source is in danger of running dry.

Matthew set up his quinta after a burnout. But that sanctuary is now under threat, due to an avocado farm nearby

Re: Should We Give Up Avocados?

Since 2018, the Vosges forest has been dealing with drought and heat waves due to climate change. Forest fires are going to increase in frequency and intensity, and firefighters are getting ready.

France: The Vosges Forest Under Threat

The Vosges forest is in for more frequent and intense wild fires because of climate change, and the region is bracing itself

ARTE Reportage

Earth's drinking water resources are dwindling and to avoid shortages, scientists will have to come to the rescue.

Earth's drinking water resources are dwindling

Drinking Water in Danger

Textiles have been central to trade and industry since time immemorial, notably with the famous Silk road trading route from China to Europe. In our current era of globalisation textiles continue to be big business but this success comes at a social and environmental cost.

Textiles: A Global Industry

Svalbard lies halfway between Norway and the North Pole and has more polar bears than human inhabitants. This starkly beautiful land is on the frontline of climate change with dramatic and visible changes over the last decade.

Svalbard: Fastest Warming Place on Earth

Svalbard lies halfway between Norway and the North Pole and has more polar bears than human inhabitants. This starkly beautiful land is on the frontline of climate change with dramatic and visible changes over the last decade making it the fastest warming place on earth.

There is no planet B! - The European Collection

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The planet's jet streams are being affected by rising temperatures in the Arctic. These streams are part of a wind system that circulates at high altitude around the Earth, and they have an influence on extreme weather events. Changes in them are bad news for life on Earth.

How Climate Change Makes Storms Worse

Changing jet streams are bad news for life on Earth

Winds of Change

We attribute all sorts of powers to the Moon... And while its influence on our life on Earth is undeniable, its powers are not necessarily the ones we think.

Living with the Moon

The Moon and Us (2/5)

The Basque Country loves eels. It used to be a poor man's dish, but over the years it's increased in rarity and with it, in price. It's now a delicacy only eaten on special occasions. For the eel seller Jon Otamendi, this should be a very lucrative business. And yet the industry still can't make ends meet.

Party Menu

Eel fishing should be a very lucrative business. And yet the industry still can't make ends meet

Big Business Baby Fish (3/5)

Fifty years after man's first small step, the promise of colonisation and tourist trips to the Moon seem almost within reach. But is the moon ready for us?

Living on the Moon

The Moon and Us

Humans like to observe and examine the Moon, down to its smallest features. Its seas and craters have all been mapped out and even its mysterious dark side should soon reveal its secrets.

Observing the Moon

The Moon and Us (3/5)

Lunar eclipses, super moons or pink moons, our lunar satellite offers us an array of surprising spectacles.

Admiring the Moon

The Moon and Us (4/5)

Where does the Moon come from? Mythology and science have each come to their own conclusions.

Making Sense of the Moon

The Moon and Us (5/5)

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

An investigation into a little-known story from the Second World War. Having planned and executed their mass murders, the Nazis meticulously eliminated traces of their crimes against humanity between 1942 and 1944: The so-called Operation 1005.

How the Nazis Covered up their Crimes

The Nazis meticulously eliminated traces of their crimes against humanity between 1942 and 1944: The so-called Operation 1005.

Operation 1005

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After two months of fighting, the Russian troops had their advance towards the West blocked by fierce Ukrainian resistance. Forced to leave the suburbs of Kyiv, the occupying army left behind mass graves and horrific accounts of rape and abuse in their wake. Russia is now turning its efforts to the Dobas and the coastline along the Sea of ​​Azov. In Kyiv, the return of spring is also the return of many residents who had fled.

 In Kyiv, the return of spring is also the return of many residents who had fled

Ukraine: Kyiv in Spring

Far away from the South Korean capital of Seoul is the Buddhist Gameunsa Temple. Three nuns live, pray and cook together here as they preserve the knowledge of centuries-old temple cuisine. The abbess of this small monastery is the charismatic Wookwan Sunim, revered in Asia as one of the best cooks in the world.

South Korea: Magic Temple Food

Far away from the South Korean metropolis of Seoul is the Buddhist Gameunsa Temple where three nuns live, pray and cook together 

Geo Reportage

The literary source for Richard Strauss’s opera immortalizing the degeneracy of Herodes Antipas, King of Judea, and his step-daughter Salome, was supplied by Oscar Wilde. It tells of Herodes, who is keeping the prophet Jochanaan captive inside a cistern. Salome tries to seduce him and on being rebuffed, forces her stepfather to serve her the prophet’s head on a silver platter.

Directed by Christof Loy in Helsinki

Rejected by the prophet Jochanaan, Salome forces her abusive stepfather to exact revenge.

Richard Strauss: Salome

The Maginot Line is a giant: Thousands of underground bunkers and concrete defences lining the French border, from Belgium to the Mediterranean. In its time it was celebrated as a technical masterpiece and thought to be impregnable, today it also stands for the trauma of the French defeat in 1940. The documentary looks at a military construction that is as fascinating as it is controversial.

France's Defensive Barrier

Thought to be impregnable, the French defensive barrier did not halt the German invasion in 1940.

The Maginot Line

Lockdowns, crop failures due to climate change and the war in Ukraine are all to blame for soaring prices around the world.

Geopolitics of Inflation

Mapping the World Essentials

ARTE Concert Festival welcomes a legend, Damon Albarn. He performs his new album live: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows.

ARTE Concert Festival 2021

ARTE Concert Festival welcomes a legend, Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Three Japanese men have fallen under the charms of high school student Rinko, a character from the video game Love Plus. The game finally leads them to the seaside resort of Atami, where the virtual world and real life collides.

Three Japanese men have fallen under the charms of high school student Rinko, a character from the video game Love Plus

Petit ami parfait

Pianist Maria-João Pires joins the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival in a concert featuring the music of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schumann.


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Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Overture, Op. 21
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major, K. 271

Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, "Spring", Op. 38

Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival 2022

Pianist Maria-João Pires joins the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival in a concert featuring the music of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Maria-João Pires plays Mozart

In 2017, Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev was living and working from the separatist region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Critical of the self-proclaimed republic, he used pseudonyms to protect his identity. But one day he was exposed which led to his imprisonment and torture in the notorious Izolyatsia prison

The story of Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev who was imprisonment and tortured in the separatist region of Donbas.

The Torture Camp on Paradise Street

"They called us: 'Tutsi! Tutsi!' They took you out of the tent and did what they wanted with you." 

Prisca, Marie-Jeanne and Concessa say they survived the Rwandan genocide and sought safety in refugee camps, only to be repeatedly raped and abused by the French soldiers sent there to protect them. All describe similar horrors: abduction from their tent, the gang rapes, and the photos of the assaults taken by the soldiers. “We naively thought that the white man was a saviour, that he would bring peace,” sighs one of the women. While French army denies all accusations of rape, the three women filed a complaint with the French courts in 2004 and 2012. The investigation is now at a standstill.

Rwanda: The Silence of Words

Three survivors of the Rwandan genocide level terrible accusations at the French army

Since its invention in the 19th century, the bicycle has allowed Western women to move around independently. Today, it is the turn of women in Arab countries to discover its power. Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist.

The Freedom to Cycle

Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist

Gymnastics

Ordinary Ukrainian citizens are preparing to resist the Russian invader by joining the army and helping the resistance in any way they can.

Ukraine: Resisting the Agressor

Located about 100 km east of Odessa, in southern Ukraine, the city of Kherson was quickly taken by Russian forces on 2 March. Since then, the inhabitants have been living under Russian occupation. Our Ukrainian colleague Svitlana Pavuk reports on daily life there for TSN 1+1.

Kherson: Life under Russian Occupation

Dispatches From Ukraine: Local Journalists Report

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought the people of Kyiv together like nothing else. Calling on the spirit of the Maidan Revolution of 2014, they are ready to resist.

Ukraine: Maïdan Spirit

In 2020, for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra recreated the mythical evening of December 22 1808, when  the composer presented his Sixth Symphony, also known as his Pastoral.

Philippe Jordan recreates the evening of December 22, 1808, when Beethoven presented his Pastoral symphony

Philippe Jordan Conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony

Saudi Arabia is reputed to be one of the richest and most conservative nations on the planet. But how do its citizens live today?

Saudi Arabia: The West

Unknown Arabia

Live from the Teatro Real in Madrid, an adaptation of Prokofiev’s flamboyant masterpiece by the ever-radical Calixto Bieito.

An adaptation of Sergei Prokofiev’s flamboyant masterpiece by radical director Calixto Bieito.

Water

There is no planet B! - The European Collection

Children of the Climate Crisis

Four girls, three continents, one mission